Safety shaver



March 100 1925.

M. PLUT SAFETY SHAVER Filed OQB. 29, 1924 m the county of Lake andPatented Mar. 10, 1925.

MARK PLUV'I, or LEADVILLE, COLORADO.

SAFETY SHAVER.

Application filed October 29, 1924. Serial No. 746,460.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that MARK PLUT, a citizen of the United'States, residing atLeadville, state of Colorado, has invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safet Shavers, of which the following is a speci cation.

"This invention is a safet shaving device, and the object is to provi ea shaving tool equipped with a special form of blade adjustablysupported between folding leaves, so that the edge of the blade may bereadily projected for honing or stropping and then retracted between theleaves as may be required for the purposes of shaving.

In the drawingv Figure l is a plan view of the device showing the leavesopen;

Fi re 2 is aplan view showing the leaves closed:

Figure 3 is an edge a view showing the leaves open;

Figure 4 is an edge view showing the leaves closed;

Figure 5 is a back elevation of the device shown closed;

Figure 6 is a detail of the blade.

Theinvention consists of. two small, thin leaves 1 and 2, hingedtogether at 3' so as to fold or close flatly down together, and taperedfrom the hinge joint to the edges 4. One of the leaves as 1, is piercedmedially with a small thumb wheel port 5. A milled thumb wheel 6 isrigidly mounted upon a smallpin or shaft 7, and this pin is journaledthrough supports 8, one at each side of the wheel 6, and the supports 8are in turn rigidly secured at 9 to the inner face of theleaf 2 inregister with the port 5 of the leaf 1. Small pinions 13 are mountedrigidly on the extended ends of thepin 7, the same being less indiameter than the wheel 6. Thus yvhen the leaves 1 and 2 are closedtogether, the wheel 6 passes through the port 5 ,and slightly protrudesthere through so as to render it rollable by the thumb of the user. Athin metal blade 10 is provided conforming to the length and width ofthe leaves 1 and 2 and adapted to fit between them. This blade is cutaway medially and through the back edge so as to leave a sort ofelongated slot 11, with sets of opposed and aligned teeth 12 projectinginwardly along the edges of the metal at the slot. The slot 11 and teeth12 are cut to register with the cogs of the pinions 13, so

tion of rotation of the wheel 6. A look 14 is provided for locking theleaves 1 and 2 together with the blade 10 set between them. This lockconsists of small flat levers 15 pivoted by pins 16 to the lateral edgesof the leaf 2 and having curved fingers 17 adapted to pass over otherpins'18 set opposite the pins 16 in the edges of the other leaf 1. Asmall rod 19 rigidly joins the outer ends of the levers 15, and grooves20 are formed along the outer face of the leaf 2, near and parallel tothe hinge joint 3, which groove is adapted to receive the rod 19 whenthe device is locked closed.

In use the blade 10 is positioned between the leaves 1 and 2 asdescribed, and may be pushed out or withdrawn as desired by merelyrotating. the wheel 6. When in proper position the rod 19 is swung backtowards the hinge 3, and the leaves being pressed together, the fingers17 encircle the pins 18, thus locking the leaves together with the blade10 held firmly between them. This device thus affords a handle for theblade 10 either for shaving or for honing or stroppingthe blade.Forhoning or stropping, the blade 10 should be extended further than forthe operation of shaving.

While I have herein described a certain specific manner and method ofconstructing and assembling the elements of my invention, it isunderstood that I may vary from the same in minor details, not departingfrom the spirit of my invention, so as best to construct a practicaldevice for the purpose intended, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim: 1. A device of the kind described, comprising two rectangularleaves hinged together, one of the leaves having a wheel lport cuttherethrough and the other leaf aging a groove along its outer-face nearan whee journaled on the inner faceof the last named leafin registerwith the wheel port of the other leaf the said thumb wheel havingsmaller pinions rigidly mounted at its sides; a thin blade adapted tofit between the said leaves, the blade having a slot cut in through itsrear edge, with aligned teeth parallel to the hmge joint; a thumbprojecting at each side of the slot adapted to register with the cogs ofthe said pinions; pins in the lateral edges of the leaf having wheelport therein; levers pivoted by their ends to the lateral edges of theleaf carrying the thumb wheel, the levers having curved fingers adaptedto lockingly engage the pins of the other leaf; and a rod joining theouter ends of the said levers and adapted to fall within the said grooveformed in the outer face of one of theleaves as stated.

2. A device of the kind described, com- I prising two leaves hingedtogether, one of the leaves having a wheel port out therethrough; athumb wheel with smaller side minions journaled to the inner face of theother leaf and in register with the said wheel port of the opposed leaf;a blade adapted to fit between the leaves, the blade having a slotstruck inwardly from the back edge with aligned teeth extendinginwardly' at each side of the slot, the said teeth registering with thecogs of the said pinions of the thumb wheel; and means forreleasablylocking the leaves together with the blade set between them;

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MARK PLUT. Witnesses:

Tnos. EVANS, J OHN WV. MoMAnoN.

